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Been too long since I updated this! So I slept on a cot in the back last year, and that worked *okay*, however the **** wheel well made it so it had to be right in the middle of everything, so we made up a bed frame topped with a twin RV mattress. Karen then suggested that the fridge and...

Wouldn’t be too difficult to make a whole entire new one, IF one had access to a large enough sheet metal brake AND the necessary fab skills. I got a couple estimates on getting an entire new one fabbed, but in the end wound up simply cutting out all the bad spots and replacing them with a...

Karen got both power windows as well as the cruise control working properly this past week.!

Put the Unity spotlight back in, and installed a pair of Grote LED clearance lights on the roof this past weekend. Word of advice: I looked all over eBay and Amazon for a replacement bulb, and found it easiest and cheapest to go right to Unity’s own website. Sometimes it really does pay to go...

Got the AC unit mounted as well as a rudimentary 120 volt 30 amp system. Installed the trailer brake controller as well. Put mini fridge and microwave (not pictured). Wasn’t going to install the front bumper until after I painted it, but decided to throw it on for the Denton Rally. Truck...

Install trailer brake controller as well as rooftop AC unit and 120vac electrical system.

Went to East Coast Gear Supply this morning and got my 4:10 rears installed, along with a Power Lock carrier. She can now roll along @ 60-65 with no problem, and the speedometer is now accurate. I pirated some speedo gears out of one of the junker NP203s we’ve got laying around, but it looks as...

I had hoped to locate something like that, but no dice. :( Can't really say that I'm happy with the way the roof turned out. BUT it's better than it was and it does NOT leak, and I guess that's really where it all starts and stops.

Karen began installing guages (boost and pyrometer) this weekend. I also have an Autometer diesel tachometer left over from another long-defunct project that will be going in.

Drove up to Maryland yesterday and picked up another Dana 60 equipped with 4:10 gears. This will, of course go under the front, and I’m going to have the rear regeared.

Don't have a chrome bumper. In fact this beast didn't come with a front bumper of any kind. As of right now, I am seriously considering installing the "Walking Dead" bumper that came on the M882 when we first took delivery of it. I also want to modify it slightly to carry the spare tire and get...

Was planning on scuffing it up a bit with some 150 grit, shoot over it, and hope for the better. LMC Truck sells an “argent” paintable grille, but I’m not sure I want to drop 175 beans on it.

Forgot to add: Got a new bulb for the Unity spotlight and got it working again, so It will be going back on later. I decided to eliminate the three amber clearance lights that were over the cab (actually my electrical tech did that for me, told me that she didn’t feel like hooking them back...

Got the grid heaters hooked back up and working. Determined that the windshield wiper motor wasn’t working, so have a new one on order. Air, tilt, cruise and intermittent wipers. Three of those features this truck only dreamed about having when it was new! Got the cabover piece to a state...

A word of caution for anyone working on one of these trucks or an M886: When replacing rusted out metal on the cabover piece, pay particular attention to the radius around the front above the windshield. The replacement piece needs to be kinda sorta axe head shaped, for lack of a better...

Yeah, but I been too busy (lazy?) to put up more pictures. I have Tuesday off and it’s supposed to be a nice day, so look for more to come soon.

It was dark by the time we got the skin on, so no shots of that yet. The edges ended up being pretty messy looking, nothing a few coats of Lusterless Forest Green wont hide.

Managed to finally get the roof skin on. Not so sure I'm happy with the way it turned out, but I guess it's better than it was. More pics coming soon.

As of right now, none to write home about, regrettably. Hoping to make some more headway this week, while most everyone else is enjoying themselves at Durhamtown. At a MINIMUM, I need to get the roof back on this thing before snow flies.